Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur celebrated its 9th Convocation on 21st November 2023 and awarded 800 Degrees and 20 Diploma/Certificate awards to the class of 2023 in the presence of faculty, staff, students, parents, and eminent personalities, as per the press release. 

Institute informed that the 316 qualified students in the B.Tech. (CSE), B.Tech. (ME), B.Tech. (EE) and B.Tech. (BB)degrees; out of these, 17 B.Tech. students have also met the requirements for the award of Minor/ Specialisation certificates in Entrepreneurship, Management, Visual Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. 

Also, 92 students qualified in the M.Sc.(CY), M.Sc.(DH), M.Sc.(MA) and M.Sc.(PH) degree, four students qualified in the M.Sc.-M.Tech. Dual Degree and 283 students qualified in the M.Tech.(BB), M.Tech.(CH), M.Tech.(AI), M.Tech.(CS), M.Tech.(CI-ENV), M.Tech.(CI-EN), M.Tech.(CPS), M.Tech.(SIoT), M.Tech.(DCS), M.Tech.(AMD), M.Tech.(TFE) and M.Tech.(MT) Degrees, as per the release. 

Additionally, 77 students qualified in the MBA and MBA-Technology Degrees, 6 students qualified in the Master’s in Medical Technology Programmes and 22 students qualified in the Ph.D. Degree. In addition, 20 students qualified for getting the award for the PG Diploma/Certificate, mentioned the release. 

K. Radhakrishnan, former chairman, Space Commission and ISRO and former secretary, Dept. of Space, GoI attended the event as the Chief Guest. Vijay Chandru, INAE Technologist, IISc, co-founder, Strand Life Sciences and Indranil Manna, vice-chancellor, BIT, Mesra were the other guests. A. S. Kiran Kumar, chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Jodhpur presided over the ceremony and Santanu Chaudhury, Director, IIT Jodhpur delivered the Institute report, during the event, as detailed in the release. 

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“It is my privilege to congratulate 820 candidates who will receive their degrees/ diploma certificates under different graduate and postgraduate programmes. Also, it gives me immense pleasure to announce that today we shall be conferring Honoris Causa on Prof. Rohini Godbole, Prof. Paras N. Prasad, and Mr. Vinod Gupta, for their noteworthy contributions to the fields of science and technology, and for the cause of philanthropy,” Santanu Chaudhury, Director, IIT Jodhpur, said.